§ MR. CAUSTON (Southwark, W.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, having regard to the large number of vestrymen in London affected by the recent decision of Mr. Justice Denman in the case of "Gordon v. Williamson," the Government will bring in at once a short Bill of idemnity to protect such vestrymen from the penalties to which that decision appears to render them liable?
§ *THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. RITCHIE,) Tower Hamlets, St. George'sThe step which the hon. Member has suggested to the Government to take is a very serious one; and I am not aware of any circumstances which would justify the Government in proceeding as he proposes.